In the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s darkest hour, a bright new hope is needed – and her name is Captain Marvel. Brie Larson’s trailblazing hero is about to bring the comic book saga its most ultra-powerful character yet, with an utterly human backstory and a blast of cosmic abilities that makes her a formidable fighter in the intergalactic battle between alien races the Kree and the Skrulls. This month’s issue of Empire goes on set of Captain Marvel in LA to get the inside story on Marvel’s feminist hero – and with the issue arriving on newsstands on 24 January, it’s time to take a sneak peek inside.

Captain Marvel

The revolution begins here. Marvel’s first solo female superhero movie is about to change the game – and we went on set to find out exactly how, talking to Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
Empire 30: Edgar Wright
The latest in our series of filmmaker celebrations is all about the British director behind the Cornetto Trilogy, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and Baby Driver. First up, a career-spanning oral history, with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes, Jon Hamm, Michael Cera and more. Oh, and Edgar’s mum and dad.

Plus, the director answers your questions in The People vs. Edgar Wright.

Finally, he talks through his top 10 shots – as voted for by you.

Oscars Special

Ahead of the 91st Academy Awards, Empire interviewers the frontrunners – including Olivia Colman, Richard E. Grant, Regina King, and Adam McKay.
Empire Interview: Kenneth Branagh

The Shakespearean master is about to take on his greatest challenge yet: playing the iconic British playwright himself in All Is True. He sat down for a career-spanning Empire Interview, talking fantasy, filmmaking, and that Poirot moustache.
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In this month’s news section we get fresh details on Us from Jordan Peele, take another look at Tim Burton’s Dumbo, get under the skin of art-satire Velvet Buzzsaw, and ask Rebecca Ferguson: how much is a pint of milk?
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In home entertainment, we break down Bart Layton’s heist movie Americal Animals, go deep on Paul Feig’s greatest comic characters, rank the iconic scores of John Williams, and rack up the success of Crazy Rich Asians with director Jon M. Chu.